Take off for Canada’s 150th
Neuschwanstein, the model used by Disney for Sleeping Beauty’s castle, near Füssen in Bavaria. GO: Tourist board website germany.travel has a Royal Heritage section detailing the best castles. The railway network is more dense in Germany than any other country, so trains are almost like local buses.
Different regions, for example Bavaria, have special deals for weekends, families and off-peak travel. So it is always worth asking at a ticket office rather than buying from a machine.
There is a special, completely steam-hauled network up and down the Harz Mountains that it is worth seeking out if you are remotely interested in a charismatic, low-tech form of travel, particularly as the Harz towns, such as Goslar and CANADA is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year – andAir Transat is marking the milestone with mo more trips from the UK. Passengers can take a advantage of extra flights ono routes too Toronto from M Manchester, r, Dublin and Wernigerode, are medieval gems in themselves. GO: The German rail website bahn.com is brilliantly useful. Details of the Harz railway at hsb-wr.de. No surprise that a nation famed for its beer and love of regulations has a beer purity law, limiting the ingredients in its ale. The law is 500 years old and still followed.
Beer gardens are everywhere, , as are festivals such as Munich’s Oktoberfest, attended by six million every year, with oompah singalongs in giant marquees. Men wear lederhosen and women go for lowcut dirndls. It is bad form not to look your fellow drinkers in the eye when toasting. Glasgow. It will fly four times a week from Manchester until October. Return economy fares start from £387pp and include 23kg allowance for hold luggage, meals and soft drinks on board, plus in-flight entertainment. GO: Fredholidays.co.uk has two nights, with flights, hotel and Oktoberfest marquee reservations, from £849. Speed-limit-free autobahns are much admired but Germany’s back roads have been handily organised into pleasurable driving routes too. There ar are dozens of themed ones. Fairytale Road, w which links the locations of the Brothers Grimm in the north, is among the best kno known. Alpine Road weaves its way along the foothills of the Alps, while Castle Ro Road stitches together top forts across th the nation’s midriff. And Romantic Road ru runs down the spine of Bavaria through pr pretty towns such as Rothenburg. GO:GO See a full listing on germany.travel – sear search for “scenic routes”. I AM travelling from Turkey soon, which is on the banned laptop list. Will my electrical devices be insured in the hold? ANYONE flying to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia or Saudi Arabia must now put electronic devices larger than a smartphone in their hold luggage. Items in the hold are typically not covered by travel insurance. There is clearly the risk of damage while a suitcase is being loaded and unloaded from the aircraft and baggage belts. And with laptops and tablets costing hundreds of pounds, of course it is a worry for travellers. So if you can, leave behind expensive items or buy a hard case to protect gadgets going into the hold – but at your own risk.